Rare Guitar Video: Sharon Isbin plays Mallorca by Isaac Albéniz 1975

[@janedexter2869]

How amazing to see her a so very young and wonderful artist!

[@johnlay3040]

I remember this was the contest where she was awarded the Kohno guitar. It is due to this, I bought my Kohno, which I have been playing to this day.

[@frankforde8299]

A pleasure to listen to , a blessed one, an old fan

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

🥰 Sharon Isbin... divine tone an touch - so amazing!

[@halvey123]

Thank you for posting tihs wonderful work of music.

[@sisgaia]

Isbin is my favorite classical guitarist. I saw her perform as part of 3 Guitars 3 a decade later, and her recording of "Asturias (Leyendo)" by Albéniz is my favorite classical guitar recording.

[@BudTristano]

I saw 3 Guitars 3 in 1986! What a great concert.

[@janicegeorge-allen1924]

Sharon showing so much promise at a young age,i am happy to have heard this video "beautiful"

[@mbrand19971]

I just discovered this classical guitarist this past week when PBS did a story of her that came out four years ago. After more than 40 years playing she is still going strong.

[@taxirosalino]

Extraordinário nunca vi em minha vida tanta serenidade ao tocar uma peça tão linda. .. Parabéns meu anjo suas mãos são encantandas pelo DIVINO CRIADOR. .

[@themusiccovenant]

Goddess of the guitar

[@Ldelcasale]

Benditto; Look how beautiful our Maestra is at 18 and is still beautiful today with her perfect performances!! Carry the torch! You inspire us all! Brava!!

[@carloshenaorequinto]

excelent to listen the pasillo reir llorando to segundo bautista in youtube

[@padovanov]

Very good 🎉

[@stoundingresults]

5:38 fascinating embellishment to a soulful performance. BRAVISIMO!

[@nicolassayada9982]

I liked this a lot!!

[@miguelwetzell2374]

Bellos arpegios de manos de Sharon

[@123menco]

Sounds like this was filmed shortly after Sharon won the competition in Toronto which I saw - the whole thing - five times through Rodrigo's "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre" concerto - with an out of tune piano and some stiff competition including Elliot Fisk. She won and she deserved it. Absolutely. Very nice to see and hear this excellent performance. If I'm not mistaken she's probably playing a guitar by Manouk Papazian (sp?) Everybody in Minneapolis/Saint Paul was playing them thanks to her teacher, Jeffery Van.

[@steveb9325]

Looks and sounds cedar; though of course I could be wrong.

[@gregbooker3535]

Can someone help me find this: In 2003, I saw on the internet a video of a Spanish man playing Barrios' La Catedral, and using a pick instead of his fingers. He did a perfect job even though playing that piece with a pick is absurdly difficult. The guitar, if I remember, was very small, probably a lute. Lost the video during the next 20 years. Many thanks to anybody who can point me toward that video again.

[@carlosalfano8553]

A superb rendering of this beautiful piece

[@James-nr9gm]

She always plays with fire

[@squatch545]

She's so buttoned up and prim and proper here. Now she wears leather pants, tight jeans, and silk blouses.

[@sirwilliams5513]

As I remember, she seemed solely -and intensely -dedicated to the guitar then.

[@kevinshulhan5602]

Thank you, so much for this. I am missing her, at UGA, today. Covid, & all that.

[@christopherperez7847]

What an absolute treasure this is!!

[@civilenggggg]

Beautiful ...i think the most interesting thing here is how this piece has been translated since this time period

[@andressandoval2494]

A los 18 años ya era una virtuosa de este instrumento. ¡Genial!

[@NawarAlhamwi]

just wow 1975 😥

[@lacroixphilippe5433]

She certainly is not the best known, but she certainly is among the best...

[@guillermorejas8949]

Lo que nadie parece saber, es que Sharon no es una promesa para el futuro, ella ya es una connotada concertista. Este video se grabó el año 75. Actualmente ella tiene 57 años.

[@michaelprofita2878]

wow best guitarist ive ever heard. unbelievable 18.

[@steveb9325]

Does anyone know what guitar Sharon is playing here?

[@sirwilliams5513]

In 73’ she was playing a guitar from Germany; could be the same

[@steveb9325]

​@sirwilliams5513 headstock looks like a Hauser. I don't believe I've seen a Cedar Hauser though...? Anyway, it's a beautiful full sound with lots of colors. Of course Sharon's playing❤

[@Michajeru]

Love it!

[@tkelly411]

maestra encantadora,y embrujadora

[@ATMABRAHM]

BEAUTIFUL,WONDERFUL PLAYING.

[@TheWolf-rz4oz]

So much for tabula rasa. Great rendition.

[@soulvaccination8679]

plz. do.not retire..ever

[@coolrocknroll]

Too rushed. Listen to Julian Bream play it. He breathes the melody. Sharon shreds it.

[@Andrey.Zoege.von.Manteuffel]

Bravo !!!!! Bravissimo !!!!

[@allanwells4886]

Wonderful!!!

[@nelsonx5326]

She's beautiful. Best Bach Lute Suites are by her.

[@carlocroccolo771]

GIA' A 18 ANNI ERA BRAVA E MERAVIGLIOSA......!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@obanjolin]

Bravo Sharon, and good future to you.

[@HBSuccess]

This is remarkable. What numbskulls would give this piece of history a thumbs' down?

[@soulvaccination8679]

Some silly Rap fan..lol.They think Rap is music.

[@jluisandrade40]

bravo 👏👏👏

[@robertfantazo4751]

She makes a full barre with half her finger. Very nice..

[@jamesprice6381]

i mean like Eric Johnson couldnt do this at 18! WOW!

[@graveljaw]

To be fair, Eric Johnson couldn’t even do this today. Not without serious focus and dedication. This isn’t like learning a bunch of licks and stringing them together over a few changes. I say this as a huge EJ fan and as someone who studies both classical guitar and other styles. You have to dedicate chucks of your life to it.

[@khuenguyentu6582]

Bravo !!!

[@oriraykai3610]

Nice, but John Williams knocked this one out of the park with his early recording of his own transcription of this.

[@arts9591]

Sharon plays "Pasos de Mallorca"

[@SORDI46]

OTTIMA CHITARRISTA, UNA PROMESSA MUSICALE.

[@francemaster]

questo video è da 1975 :) lei ha 58 anni ormai

[@gnatluo]

Ed è una delle piu' affermate musiciste al mondo, tipo che sonava pe' Obbama, pedditte.

[@monesi8259]

virtuoso sharon !!!!

[@juanjotornero5535]

bravo,delicioso

[@promerops]

She may be the premier classical guitarist in the world - at this time. I would have preferred it had she played this piece a little slower, however.

[@HBSuccess]

what a daft comment. LOL

[@promerops]

And now you've outdone me!

[@courtcomposer]

My teacher at Mannes. Learned a great deal from her.

[@drksdofthmoon]

60 julian bream fans watched this video

[@pierrelangedoc5292]

Well shes no John Williams as i'm sure she'd admit but pretty damn good for a woman guitarist.Good solid competent playing.

[@DuraLexSedLex01]

I can't believe I'm reading such a comment in 2020. Gender has nothing to do with guitar playing. If you believe the penis is useful in guitar playing, you're definitely hanging out in very peculiar concert venues.

[@edgardodomingo5029]

@@DuraLexSedLex01 😅

[@joaquinodriozola4963]

Wtf. Go back to your cave neanderthal man

[@rjlchristie]

This interpretation lacks elegant restraint and even continuity, too much playing with the accelerator. It's not to my taste.

[@infraherald7449]

Lesbian excellence

[@onemexican1973]

far too rushed ....sorry but the phrasing is way way off.....just listen Sharon...do you have a bus to catch or what?....slow down and enjoy the melody for goodness sake,,,,but so many many years ago .....and she was so young...an excuse well maybe....

[@sirwilliams5513]

She does slow down to add Segovia’s rubatos and vibratos

[@MorbidMayem]

Annoying sharp sound.

[@wildcat1040]

Tinny!

[@benkim2016]

Too much rubato.Many guitarists can do better nowadays.

[@steveb9325]

kim benk please!

[@spikefivefivefive]

unlikely

[@ewhyte8059]

This was approximately 40 years ago when the mainstream legends were all Masters tottering around in their 50s 60s and 70s. We are all master critiques.

[@anekinpockpass9144]

Guitar is a bit weak.

[@steveb9325]

Anekin Pockpass you're weak!

[@anekinpockpass9144]

@@steveb9325 She's a beautiful guitarist, it's just that you can hear the lengths of her talent isn't coming out at her potential, or maybe it's just the audio that doesn't sound that great 🙁.

[@anatolyFedotov]

Bravo !